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This 5 yr old had been taken from her mother due to abuse and placed with her father. Now she has no one and will be raised by the state of Az, I suppose. What I found interesting and appalling is that the father openly told investigators what he and his wife had being doing, like it was perfectly...

Spanking versus Abuse. In my book its the same. Do you actually know what it feels like to be spanked.....the hurt/pain. Why must we spank in order to say who is boss? Do we not have other means instead of hitting. What right do parents have in hitting....your hands/arms are meant to keep them...

Prosecutor Questions Why Man Allowed To Seek Adoption Man Charged In Baby's Death Considered Adoption http://www.ketv.com/news/14271530/detail.html OMAHA, Neb. -- A man charged in connection with a child's death was considering adopting the child, according to Douglas County Attorney Don...

Ledger Special Report - PARENTS SEARCHING FOR HELP OFTEN LOSE KIDS; Reform effort would get kids services without hauling them into court By JULIE JETTE The Patriot Ledger http://www.patriotledger.com/articles/2007/10/06/news/news01.txt First of two parts.

Child Protective Services' Procedure Questioned After Death Posted Wednesday, October 3, 2007 ; 06:34 PM Updated Thursday, October 4, 2007 ; 07:04 PM http://www.wvnstv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=29748 A Farmington couple indicted for murder of 2-month-old son raises questions about...

DSS AND THE COURTS - Troubled kids, troubled system By JULIE JETTE The Patriot Ledger http://www.patriotledger.com/articles/2007/10/06/news/news02.txt HOLBROOK - Parents, advocates and others who have had an up-close look at the state’s system for getting troubled kids help through the courts...

Crucial health care eludes foster kids Report: Only 30% of state's children get doctor-recommended exams Thursday, October 04, 2007 BY SUSAN K. LIVIO Star-Ledger Staff http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1191473277242600.xml&coll=1 Only 30 percent of foster children last...

DCYF head disputes report on foster-parent support http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo-20071005-dcyf.13f6cc627.html 02:52 PM EDT on Friday, October 5, 2007 Michael P. McKinney projo.com staff writer The state Department of Children, Youth and Families director this

R.I. fights lawsuit that claims failing foster care system http://www.abc6.com/news/state_971253___article.html/court_children.html October 2, 2007 - 10:40PM PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) - The state is fighting a federal lawsuit that alleges serious failings in Rhode Island's foster care system. In...

Ice, Ice, Baby http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2005-11-24/news/ice-ice-baby/print Arizona moms are abusing meth more than any other drug. Want to get them clean, save the family and save tax dollars? Try dangling their kids as the carrot By Robert Nelson Published: November 24, 2005 New Times...

Butterworth: Crist asked to stop appeal of $26 million suit By Michael C. Bender | Tuesday, October 2, 2007, 12:54 PM http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/floridapolitics/entries/2007/10/02/butterworth_crist_asked_to_sto.html State Department of Children and...

Victim's mom files suit against former caseworker's employers http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071005/LOCAL/710050356/1015/LOCAL01 NOBLESVILLE -- The mother of a child-molestation victim has filed a civil lawsuit against the former employers of Cory Heinzman, a Child...

Northfield man arrested after standoff By ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer, (609) 272-7215 Published: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/top_story/story/7506182p-7403846c.html NORTHFIELD - An East Oakcrest Avenue man was arrested Monday evening after he allegedly hindered a...

Abuse victim's mother files suit against FSSA workers By Katie Merlie http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071003/LOCAL/710030493 NOBLESVILLE -- The mother of a child molestation victim has filed a civil lawsuit against the former employers of Cory Heinzman, who was a Child...

State pays $425,000 to settle suits Workers cite push to ignore abuse http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071004/NEWS01/710040400/1008 By Deborah Yetter The Courier-Journal The state has paid $425,000 to settle lawsuits by two former Northern

Girl, 15, guilty of killing newborn By Matthew Walberg | Tribune staff reporter October 4, 2007 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-newborn_04oct04,0,1777561.story?coll=chi_tab02_layout A 15-year-old Sauk Village girl who suffocated her newborn daughter so

An Inconvenient Truth about Child Protective Services, Foster care, and the Child Protection "INDUSTRY" CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf...

I'm the master and creator of my kids and they have to obey and if they don't, I have the right to spank them. Forget that politically correct rubbish. Dads have the right to spank their kids and there's nothing you can do about it!!!

THE CHILD SAVERS RIDE AGAIN: Child Abuse and The New Reign of Terror in Therapeutic America © Allan C. Carlson http://www.familycourtreform.org/id9.html Salem Massachusetts, 1692: Tituba, a servant girl steeped in the "black magic" of Barbados, has excited the imaginations of two children,

Do kin background checks hurt kids? http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695214678,00.html By James Thalman Deseret Morning News Published: Oct. 1, 2007 12:34 a.m. MDT A new Utah law that does away with emergency placement of abused or